Kayseray () is a
light rail street-tram system operating in the city of
Kayseri
Kayseri (; el, Καισάρεια) is a large industrialised city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri province. The Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality area is composed of five districts: the two central districts of Kocasina ...
in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
. The tracks and station structures were completed and the line opened in 2009.
History
The project began in January 2006, with a completion target of 1,065 days set. The initial proposal was a reaction to the growing traffic congestion in the central parts of the city, and to reduce this, a
mass-transit tram link was planned to cut right across the area, allowing transportation of locals from one part of the region to the other.
When opened the initial length of the track was some 17 km, with a total of 28 stations (averaging a distance of 65m/each). Total journey time between each end of the line was expected to be in the region of 45 minutes. 22 trams were planned to be ordered initially.
The line was later extended eastward to İldem and a branch line was opened on 14-02-2014 to
Talas via Erciyes Üniversitesi. There are now a total of 55 stations.
The railway uses the same electronic travel card ticketing system as the city's bus transport system. Trains operate between 6:00 in the morning to 24:00 at night seven days a week.
Rolling stock
Current
All services were initially provided by
AnsaldoBreda
Hitachi Rail Italy S.p.A. is a multinational rolling stock manufacturer company based in Pistoia, Italy. Formerly AnsaldoBreda S.p.A., a subsidiary of state-owned Finmeccanica, the company was sold in 2015 to Hitachi Rail of Japan. After the ...
Sirio
The Hitachi Sirio (Italian for Sirius, formerly sold as the AnsaldoBreda Sirio) is a low-floor tram built by Hitachi Rail Italy (formerly AnsaldoBreda), a Japanese-Italian manufacturer of trains, trams and light-rail vehicles. It can be ordered ...
trams. The fleet of 22 trams was later expanded to a total of 38.
An order for 30 additional trams from Turkish supplier
Bozankaya
Bozankaya is a Turkish manufacturer of rolling stock including metro, tram and trolleybus vehicles.
History
The company was originally founded as BBC & C in Wolfenbüttel, Germany by Murat Bozankaya. The company moved its headquarters to ...
was placed in August 2014 to augment the existing fleet. The first tram was delivered in March 2016, and all were in service by April 2017.
Former
Between 2015 and 2017,
Gaziantep
Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approxi ...
lent eight
Alstom TFS trams (originally used in
Rouen) to Kayseray.
References
External links
Official website of Kayseray(in Turkish)
Bozankaya Tram Technical Specification
Tram transport in Turkey
Kayseri
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